No surprise here, but numerous videos of iOS 7 beta 2 -- which adds support
for Apple's iPad and iPad Mini -- have popped up, showing the software running
on Apple's tablets.
The videos show just how the software has been adjusted to work on the
larger screen, as well as how it performs on various tasks in Apple's first
effort.
The company did not show off iOS 7 running on an iPad during the big
unveiling at its annual developers conference two weeks ago, building curiosity
into just what's different.
Redmond Pie also posts a 5-minute preview on an iPad Mini, running through
various features:
iDownloadBlog shows it off running on an iPad Mini and calls the new app
switching feature "disappointing" in its use of screen real estate, and
"awkward" in its lack of rotating app previews while in that mode
The new software was released Monday morning and is still considered
confidential by Apple, which requires developers to sign a privacy agreement in
order to enroll and get early access to beta versions of iOS and OS X.
Apparently that didn't stop all these folks:
YouTuber Andrew Sheridan posts a quick hands-on, even showing off iTunes
Radio:And as a bonus, iDownloadBlog posts a hands on with the Voice Memos app,
which was not included in the initial build of iOS 7.
2013年6月24日星期一
A great deal has took place and we’re likely to proceed to contend
Microsoft and Oracle nowadays introduced that they are putting their
variances aside to strike a strategic partnership during the cloud organization
room. The offer handles the two the private cloud as well as public cloud,
encompassing a number of new options.
Firstly, Oracle will certify and aid customers who currently run its software program on Home windows Server to operate that very same software on Windows Server Hyper-V or in Windows Azure. Oracle clients also achieve the gain to operate their Oracle program licenses in Windows Azure “with new license mobility.”
Hyper-V and Azure help commences immediately, even so the partnership does not finish there. Microsoft and Oracle have agreed to operate with each other to “add adequately accredited, and fully supported Java into Windows Azure.”
Microsoft can even incorporate Infrastructure Providers occasions with preconfigured versions of Oracle Databases and Oracle WebLogic Server for purchasers who do not need Oracle licenses though Oracle will empower consumers to acquire and start Oracle Linux photos on Home windows Azure. Details regarding when exactly this integration will be available were not shared.
All through a convention call right now, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked of a “tipping point” with regard into the partnership. “A great deal has took place and we’re likely to proceed to contend in places,” he mentioned. “I imagine each businesses have constantly, at the least lots of a few years, have experienced regard for one particular a different.”
Oracle President Mark Hurd agreed: “I imagine it just makes sense for us to carry on to boost our individual abilities but in addition allow for customers to leverage both equally of our abilities with each other,” he mentioned about the identical simply call. “I think this can make quite a bit of perception for both equally of us…because it will make lots of feeling for our consumers.”
Oracle 1st hinted at today’s information for the duration of an earnings contact on Friday. The company firm said it had strategies to announce new technologies partnerships with not simply Microsoft, but Salesforce and Netsuite also.
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Firstly, Oracle will certify and aid customers who currently run its software program on Home windows Server to operate that very same software on Windows Server Hyper-V or in Windows Azure. Oracle clients also achieve the gain to operate their Oracle program licenses in Windows Azure “with new license mobility.”
Hyper-V and Azure help commences immediately, even so the partnership does not finish there. Microsoft and Oracle have agreed to operate with each other to “add adequately accredited, and fully supported Java into Windows Azure.”
Microsoft can even incorporate Infrastructure Providers occasions with preconfigured versions of Oracle Databases and Oracle WebLogic Server for purchasers who do not need Oracle licenses though Oracle will empower consumers to acquire and start Oracle Linux photos on Home windows Azure. Details regarding when exactly this integration will be available were not shared.
All through a convention call right now, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked of a “tipping point” with regard into the partnership. “A great deal has took place and we’re likely to proceed to contend in places,” he mentioned. “I imagine each businesses have constantly, at the least lots of a few years, have experienced regard for one particular a different.”
Oracle President Mark Hurd agreed: “I imagine it just makes sense for us to carry on to boost our individual abilities but in addition allow for customers to leverage both equally of our abilities with each other,” he mentioned about the identical simply call. “I think this can make quite a bit of perception for both equally of us…because it will make lots of feeling for our consumers.”
Oracle 1st hinted at today’s information for the duration of an earnings contact on Friday. The company firm said it had strategies to announce new technologies partnerships with not simply Microsoft, but Salesforce and Netsuite also.
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2013年6月18日星期二
Startup-PR Matchmaker AirPR Opens To The Public, As Data Begins To Reveal How To Fix A Broken Model
For pretty much as long as anyone can remember, a relationship triangle, or
a “love triangle” if you will, has taken shape between companies and the PR
firms that represent them and the press that covers them — existing in some sort
of recursive loop. Yet, while that triangle should have come to represent a
symbiosis and a valuable communication network, somewhere along the way the
triangle broke down. (Defying the laws of Geometry, even.) In reality, today
this relationship is more like the Bermuda Triangle.
While the matter of who is responsible for the disconnect is subject to debate, the PR industry (for right or wrong) usually takes most of the blame. While the causes are numerous, in the end, most of the problems inherent to the startup-PR relationship are a matter of transparency (or lack therof) and the inability for either side to find the best (and most mutually beneficial) match on the other.
AirPR launched into private beta last year with $1 million in seed funding from 500 Startups, Mohr Davidow Ventures, WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and others to help solve this problem by creating a marketplace in which startups can find PR representation that’s right for them, and vice versa. Pitched as a kind of “Match.com for PR,” at launch AirPR focused primarily on matching top, pre-screened PR talent in the U.S. with technology startups looking for (and able to pay for) representation.
Last week, after a year of testing the system in closed beta, iterating and tweaking, the San Francisco-based company has finally opened its marketplace to the public. With its public launch, AirPR is opening its doors to all tech startups, expanding its marketplace to include companies in the lifestyle and consumer goods verticals and adding a few tweaks to its formula.
After watching 70 companies go through its PR matchmaking system and processing feedback from PR veterans, AirPR cut its onboarding process in half. Now, in order to find the best match, startups enter the date they want their PR campaign to begin and then answer a series of questions about their focus, stage of development, what kind of help they’d like, how much funding they’ve raised, and so on. AirPR then screens the startups and, if they meet its quality standards, uses the startup’s answers to match them with reps whose experience best fits that criteria. If not, they’re declined.
After being alerted to the incoming business leads, reps then place bids for the client, at which point the startup can sift through the offers, compare them, select the best option and pay for a 60-day contract.
Based on feedback from startups and PR pros, at launch, the platform also now includes a recommendation system, in which AirPR provides the top three matches based on the data its collected on the PR side. Initially, the company provided a list of all possible matches, but the co-founders tell us that companies were often overwhelmed by an abundance of choice and were less inclined to finish the process than if the system served provided three of its closest matches at the top.
In turn, by recommending PR reps and being more proactive in pushing reps to reach out to specific companies, the conversion ended up being faster and a higher percentage of companies closed the deal.
While there may be contention over the cause, most will likely agree that the PR model as it currently stands is in sore need of improvement. As someone who stands at one of the corners of the PR Bermuda Triangle, I can attest to this. PR reps have a tough job, and, as in any interest there are incredibly talented, bright firms and reps that get lumped in with the offenders who blanket journalists inbox with copy-and-pasted pablum and poorly worded pitches that aren’t even relevant to a writer’s beat.
Any improvement on the overall quality of the PR-startup relationship stands to benefit everyone involved, and while it’s still early to say just how effective AirPR’s model will be, it’s worth the effort.
While the startup’s matching algorithm and marketplace model are familiar, what may be even more valuable to the Bermuda Triangle (and to the industry at large) is the insight that can be pulled from the data AirPR collects on how startups are using the system, what they want help with, how effective PR is at meeting its goals, costs, publications they want to speak to, among other things. This data can help both startups and PR people be more effective and precise with their pitches and outreach. (One can also, much to the delight of everyone except PR, imagine AirPR eventually using this data to make a list of the “Top 10 Most Effective PR Firms,” for example.)
AirPR allowed TechCrunch an early look into some of the data (and insights) it’s collected thus far, and the conclusions are telling. For starters, as Alex Wilhem of TNW shared earlier this week, the most popular keyword or service startups were looking for help with was “Growth,” with 84 percent of companies listing that as top priority, followed by 69 percent of companies looking for “Brand Awareness,” 36 percent for “Launch,” 25 percent for “Fundraising,” and 16 percent for “Recruiting.”
Next, another one that will be of interest to PR reps: The company found that fixed bids (a bid with one amount, like $20K for a 4-month project, for example) were 29 percent more likely to close than retainers (monthly bids). In explaining just why in the sam hill we should care, AirPR CEO Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer explains that, historically, the PR industry has primarily operated on a retainer model.
However, the monthly averages for both fixed bids and retainers are almost the same, he says, so the data thus far seems to show that the reliance on the retainer model is psychological, rather than what its customers want. Clients seem to appreciate the one-time fee with specific deliverables, the CEO explained — a conclusion that helps startups and PR move closer to transparency rather than clients being forced to ask “what exactly are we paying for?” each month.
To date, AirPR has found that the average bid accepted on the platform breaks down to roughly $5K/month in fees (whether fixed or retainer) for an average of 5 months. In other words, companies that have between $500K and $4 million in funding want shorter-term contracts with lower rates. This, in and of itself may not be surprising, but the more data it collects, the more it will be able to reveal correlations between not only funding and how much they’re willing to pay, but size of bids and the work they want done, the industry they’re in, and so on.
The CEO also tells us that several of the PR reps on the AirPR platform have doubled their business since joining and are “now looking to grow their practice with other folks on the platform, like a co-op situation,” he says. To this point, the idea from the beginning has been to not only help startups who often have no idea where to start when looking for PR, but to serve PR firms and reps that are looking to expand their practices. In the end, the AirPR co-founder tells us, this helps them weed out lower quality PR and put the best firms and people in control.
If AirPR can follow through on that idea, its marketplace could end up providing a lot of value to both startups and the PR firms that love them by helping them navigate the Bermuda Triangle and get more bang for their buck.
While the matter of who is responsible for the disconnect is subject to debate, the PR industry (for right or wrong) usually takes most of the blame. While the causes are numerous, in the end, most of the problems inherent to the startup-PR relationship are a matter of transparency (or lack therof) and the inability for either side to find the best (and most mutually beneficial) match on the other.
AirPR launched into private beta last year with $1 million in seed funding from 500 Startups, Mohr Davidow Ventures, WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and others to help solve this problem by creating a marketplace in which startups can find PR representation that’s right for them, and vice versa. Pitched as a kind of “Match.com for PR,” at launch AirPR focused primarily on matching top, pre-screened PR talent in the U.S. with technology startups looking for (and able to pay for) representation.
Last week, after a year of testing the system in closed beta, iterating and tweaking, the San Francisco-based company has finally opened its marketplace to the public. With its public launch, AirPR is opening its doors to all tech startups, expanding its marketplace to include companies in the lifestyle and consumer goods verticals and adding a few tweaks to its formula.
After watching 70 companies go through its PR matchmaking system and processing feedback from PR veterans, AirPR cut its onboarding process in half. Now, in order to find the best match, startups enter the date they want their PR campaign to begin and then answer a series of questions about their focus, stage of development, what kind of help they’d like, how much funding they’ve raised, and so on. AirPR then screens the startups and, if they meet its quality standards, uses the startup’s answers to match them with reps whose experience best fits that criteria. If not, they’re declined.
After being alerted to the incoming business leads, reps then place bids for the client, at which point the startup can sift through the offers, compare them, select the best option and pay for a 60-day contract.
Based on feedback from startups and PR pros, at launch, the platform also now includes a recommendation system, in which AirPR provides the top three matches based on the data its collected on the PR side. Initially, the company provided a list of all possible matches, but the co-founders tell us that companies were often overwhelmed by an abundance of choice and were less inclined to finish the process than if the system served provided three of its closest matches at the top.
In turn, by recommending PR reps and being more proactive in pushing reps to reach out to specific companies, the conversion ended up being faster and a higher percentage of companies closed the deal.
While there may be contention over the cause, most will likely agree that the PR model as it currently stands is in sore need of improvement. As someone who stands at one of the corners of the PR Bermuda Triangle, I can attest to this. PR reps have a tough job, and, as in any interest there are incredibly talented, bright firms and reps that get lumped in with the offenders who blanket journalists inbox with copy-and-pasted pablum and poorly worded pitches that aren’t even relevant to a writer’s beat.
Any improvement on the overall quality of the PR-startup relationship stands to benefit everyone involved, and while it’s still early to say just how effective AirPR’s model will be, it’s worth the effort.
While the startup’s matching algorithm and marketplace model are familiar, what may be even more valuable to the Bermuda Triangle (and to the industry at large) is the insight that can be pulled from the data AirPR collects on how startups are using the system, what they want help with, how effective PR is at meeting its goals, costs, publications they want to speak to, among other things. This data can help both startups and PR people be more effective and precise with their pitches and outreach. (One can also, much to the delight of everyone except PR, imagine AirPR eventually using this data to make a list of the “Top 10 Most Effective PR Firms,” for example.)
AirPR allowed TechCrunch an early look into some of the data (and insights) it’s collected thus far, and the conclusions are telling. For starters, as Alex Wilhem of TNW shared earlier this week, the most popular keyword or service startups were looking for help with was “Growth,” with 84 percent of companies listing that as top priority, followed by 69 percent of companies looking for “Brand Awareness,” 36 percent for “Launch,” 25 percent for “Fundraising,” and 16 percent for “Recruiting.”
Next, another one that will be of interest to PR reps: The company found that fixed bids (a bid with one amount, like $20K for a 4-month project, for example) were 29 percent more likely to close than retainers (monthly bids). In explaining just why in the sam hill we should care, AirPR CEO Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer explains that, historically, the PR industry has primarily operated on a retainer model.
However, the monthly averages for both fixed bids and retainers are almost the same, he says, so the data thus far seems to show that the reliance on the retainer model is psychological, rather than what its customers want. Clients seem to appreciate the one-time fee with specific deliverables, the CEO explained — a conclusion that helps startups and PR move closer to transparency rather than clients being forced to ask “what exactly are we paying for?” each month.
To date, AirPR has found that the average bid accepted on the platform breaks down to roughly $5K/month in fees (whether fixed or retainer) for an average of 5 months. In other words, companies that have between $500K and $4 million in funding want shorter-term contracts with lower rates. This, in and of itself may not be surprising, but the more data it collects, the more it will be able to reveal correlations between not only funding and how much they’re willing to pay, but size of bids and the work they want done, the industry they’re in, and so on.
The CEO also tells us that several of the PR reps on the AirPR platform have doubled their business since joining and are “now looking to grow their practice with other folks on the platform, like a co-op situation,” he says. To this point, the idea from the beginning has been to not only help startups who often have no idea where to start when looking for PR, but to serve PR firms and reps that are looking to expand their practices. In the end, the AirPR co-founder tells us, this helps them weed out lower quality PR and put the best firms and people in control.
If AirPR can follow through on that idea, its marketplace could end up providing a lot of value to both startups and the PR firms that love them by helping them navigate the Bermuda Triangle and get more bang for their buck.
Help & Tips will include a number of tutorials for new Home windows 8.1
Microsoft is tweaking many its built-in apps for Windows 8.one, however the
Tunes application seems to include quite possibly the most adjustments. A
freshly redesigned copy of the Windows Retail store in leaked builds of Windows
eight.1 has exposed the brand new user interface for Xbox New music. Microsoft
beforehand discovered to the Verge which the aim with the new Tunes app is on
taking part in songs in excess of surfacing new articles, noting you are able to
now perform tunes in two clicks instead of 6.
Screenshots in the new Xbox Tunes update show a two panel interface that seems to enhance discoverability of audio along with the ability to promptly access a collection of music. Xbox Audio originally released in Oct for Home windows eight and Home windows RT products, with all the capacity to obtain songs from an Xbox 360 much too. While the support contains most favored tracks and albums, the interface has normally been slow and clunky on Home windows 8 and Windows RT products. The up to date app obviously aims to boost that, having a "simplified layout and layout" according to Microsoft. There is certainly also a persistent in-app look for box with improved search engine results, support for tunes files on SD playing cards, and Engage in To aid for music exterior on the Xbox Music catalogue.
Microsoft can also be adding quite a few new built-in applications, including Calculator, Seem Recorder, Scan, Reading through Checklist, Film Times, and Assist & Tips. Movie Times allows you to edit videos from a touch-friendly interface, and Studying Listing acts as a super clipboard to keep URLs and other snippets from applications. The Seem Recorder, Calculator, and Scan applications are all simplified touch-friendly versions to replace the legacy adobe photoshop extended cs5 desktop variants. Help & Tips will include a number of tutorials for new Home windows 8.1 users that should make improvements to some with the associated confusion with all the new interface.
Alongside the Xbox Tunes redesign and additional applications, the new Windows Retail outlet interface has also been spotted in Windows eight.one builds. Microsoft seems to be altering the design of its Store, alongside improvements to your top paid and top free sections, new releases, and a "picks for you" section that suggests applications based on an existing library. Similar apps are also suggested within app pages, using a general aim on application discoverability. The brand new Home windows Retail store also works well in portrait mode, designed for upcoming 7- and 8-inch tablets. All the improvements will be made available in Windows 8.1, an update that Microsoft will release as a preview version on June 26th alongside its Build developer conference.
Screenshots in the new Xbox Tunes update show a two panel interface that seems to enhance discoverability of audio along with the ability to promptly access a collection of music. Xbox Audio originally released in Oct for Home windows eight and Home windows RT products, with all the capacity to obtain songs from an Xbox 360 much too. While the support contains most favored tracks and albums, the interface has normally been slow and clunky on Home windows 8 and Windows RT products. The up to date app obviously aims to boost that, having a "simplified layout and layout" according to Microsoft. There is certainly also a persistent in-app look for box with improved search engine results, support for tunes files on SD playing cards, and Engage in To aid for music exterior on the Xbox Music catalogue.
Microsoft can also be adding quite a few new built-in applications, including Calculator, Seem Recorder, Scan, Reading through Checklist, Film Times, and Assist & Tips. Movie Times allows you to edit videos from a touch-friendly interface, and Studying Listing acts as a super clipboard to keep URLs and other snippets from applications. The Seem Recorder, Calculator, and Scan applications are all simplified touch-friendly versions to replace the legacy adobe photoshop extended cs5 desktop variants. Help & Tips will include a number of tutorials for new Home windows 8.1 users that should make improvements to some with the associated confusion with all the new interface.
Alongside the Xbox Tunes redesign and additional applications, the new Windows Retail outlet interface has also been spotted in Windows eight.one builds. Microsoft seems to be altering the design of its Store, alongside improvements to your top paid and top free sections, new releases, and a "picks for you" section that suggests applications based on an existing library. Similar apps are also suggested within app pages, using a general aim on application discoverability. The brand new Home windows Retail store also works well in portrait mode, designed for upcoming 7- and 8-inch tablets. All the improvements will be made available in Windows 8.1, an update that Microsoft will release as a preview version on June 26th alongside its Build developer conference.
2013年6月7日星期五
New details emerge on Xbox One used games, features
Hoping to clear up confusion surrounding its next video game console,
Microsoft has shared new details on how features such as used games will work on
the Xbox One.
Through a series of posts published Thursday, Microsoft discusses several features that have served as points of concern to video game players, including the role of pre-owned titles and whether the device will require a persistent online connection.
Microsoft says Xbox One titles will launch in physical and digital forms on the same day, and players can access those games on any Xbox One console through the cloud.
Players can also establish a family of up to 10 members that can explore a shared games library and play any title they choose from any console.
Microsoft also says players can resell or trade older titles -- no fees required -- at participating retailers. However, it appears there will be some limitations in sharing games. According to a post on game licensing, users can offer a one-time gift of a select title to a friend, so long as they've been on their Xbox Live friends list for at least 30 days.
The company also says loaning and renting Xbox One games "won't be available at launch, but we are exploring the possibilities with our partners."
As for online features, the Xbox One will not require a persistent connection, but will allow players to enjoy a game offline for up to 24 hours before requiring an online check. When logged into another device, Xbox One will perform hourly online checks.
While the new information from Microsoft provides some clarity into their stance on used games and online components, several questions still persist. What role do digital titles have in the used games marketplace? How will the "family" structure work? What happens when technology used to perform online Xbox One checks don't work, or get shut down?
The used games market continues to stoke heated debate within the video game industry. They benefit consumers seeking games that cost less than the standard $60 price tag, but publishers have grown frustrated by the inability to make money off these sales. There's also fear used games hurt the sales of new titles.
Microsoft will likely share more information at next week's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles.
Through a series of posts published Thursday, Microsoft discusses several features that have served as points of concern to video game players, including the role of pre-owned titles and whether the device will require a persistent online connection.
Microsoft says Xbox One titles will launch in physical and digital forms on the same day, and players can access those games on any Xbox One console through the cloud.
Players can also establish a family of up to 10 members that can explore a shared games library and play any title they choose from any console.
Microsoft also says players can resell or trade older titles -- no fees required -- at participating retailers. However, it appears there will be some limitations in sharing games. According to a post on game licensing, users can offer a one-time gift of a select title to a friend, so long as they've been on their Xbox Live friends list for at least 30 days.
The company also says loaning and renting Xbox One games "won't be available at launch, but we are exploring the possibilities with our partners."
As for online features, the Xbox One will not require a persistent connection, but will allow players to enjoy a game offline for up to 24 hours before requiring an online check. When logged into another device, Xbox One will perform hourly online checks.
While the new information from Microsoft provides some clarity into their stance on used games and online components, several questions still persist. What role do digital titles have in the used games marketplace? How will the "family" structure work? What happens when technology used to perform online Xbox One checks don't work, or get shut down?
The used games market continues to stoke heated debate within the video game industry. They benefit consumers seeking games that cost less than the standard $60 price tag, but publishers have grown frustrated by the inability to make money off these sales. There's also fear used games hurt the sales of new titles.
Microsoft will likely share more information at next week's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles.
Launching applications is not hard ample
It's been above a yr due to the fact I first set up a create of Home
windows eight on a examination device. Since then, I have operate it over a big
selection of components, such as slate-format tablets, hybrid touch/pen/keyboard
pill PCs, common laptops and multi-monitor desktop PCs ¨C hardware that mixes
the old (with Vista and XP-era products) plus the new (a a short while ago
upgraded Core i5 desktop system). It has been on Intel processors, on AMD, on
bodily, on virtual: on pretty much each individual machine I could come across
within the workplace.
Screening and benchmarking is all pretty perfectly, however , you only genuinely get to know an OS by dwelling with it, utilizing it each individual day to carry out everyday jobs in your daily Laptop. For me, which means the good old-fashioned desktop Computer.
Most of my time is spent in front of a multi-monitor desktop device, accurately the configuration a large number of folks have worried about in remarks to various Home windows eight posts. Although desktop people might soon be within the minority, you can find continue to plenty of us close to. I depend on equipment like Office and Adobe Lightroom and so they count to the desktop ¨C and that?ˉs not likely to alter right until the instruments change. So for my desktop Computer, there?ˉs little transform among seven and 8 inside the way I perform.
Something I?ˉve observed in the months considering the fact that Windows 8 achieved RTM, its evolution hasn?ˉt ended ¨C and it?ˉs however convalescing. When i upgraded my desktop from Windows seven to eight just immediately after RTM it absolutely was to all extents and needs merely a a bit speedier Home windows seven machine by using a new UI. But with all the new 160MB post-RTM update, and with all the arrival of some new gadget drivers as well as a couple of latest parts of components, it?ˉs becoming a little something instead unique.
The one particular significant modify, obviously, will be the Start out Screen. As modifications go, it?ˉs a massive one particular, but it?ˉs not the showstopper that some have made it out for being. I?ˉve ended up managing it for a total monitor variation of your aged Start menu, and utilize it in considerably a similar way. Much like the get started menu, the start Monitor ends up brimming with applications I?ˉve mounted, and that i at times tidy it up. There was slightly function in receiving it the best way I wished to start out with, but yet again, starting up using a fresh new put in of Home windows XP or 7 I?ˉd be performing much the identical matter ¨C grouping apps and getting rid of references to capabilities or tools I don?ˉt plan to use.
Launching applications is not hard ample. Tap the Home windows key and start typing, once the word wheel filter shows your app, just choose and click on ¨C or hit return. You?ˉre immediately back over the desktop as well as in the applying you want to use. That?ˉs all there is certainly to it, and if you used Vista or 7?ˉs research box as your main approach of navigation you?ˉll discover the Start off Monitor slightly extra successful when you don?ˉt ought to click from the lookup box to start out getting applications or data files.
The arrival of a new Microsoft Sculpt Consolation keyboard made some operations even much easier. Even though Windows 8?ˉs Charms are merely a mouse gesture absent, acquiring them over the keyboard is far easier. 4 different Allure keys mean you can obtain to look, Share, Products and Settings while not having to go your fingers absent within the keyboard. If you?ˉre working with a Windows eight Store-style app, the keyboard also includes four keys that replicate the principle Windows 8 contact gestures. One particular handles a still left swipe application swap, though one more toggles the Snap view with the running application. Another two launch the beginning Display screen job switcher and open up the application bar.
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Screening and benchmarking is all pretty perfectly, however , you only genuinely get to know an OS by dwelling with it, utilizing it each individual day to carry out everyday jobs in your daily Laptop. For me, which means the good old-fashioned desktop Computer.
Most of my time is spent in front of a multi-monitor desktop device, accurately the configuration a large number of folks have worried about in remarks to various Home windows eight posts. Although desktop people might soon be within the minority, you can find continue to plenty of us close to. I depend on equipment like Office and Adobe Lightroom and so they count to the desktop ¨C and that?ˉs not likely to alter right until the instruments change. So for my desktop Computer, there?ˉs little transform among seven and 8 inside the way I perform.
Something I?ˉve observed in the months considering the fact that Windows 8 achieved RTM, its evolution hasn?ˉt ended ¨C and it?ˉs however convalescing. When i upgraded my desktop from Windows seven to eight just immediately after RTM it absolutely was to all extents and needs merely a a bit speedier Home windows seven machine by using a new UI. But with all the new 160MB post-RTM update, and with all the arrival of some new gadget drivers as well as a couple of latest parts of components, it?ˉs becoming a little something instead unique.
The one particular significant modify, obviously, will be the Start out Screen. As modifications go, it?ˉs a massive one particular, but it?ˉs not the showstopper that some have made it out for being. I?ˉve ended up managing it for a total monitor variation of your aged Start menu, and utilize it in considerably a similar way. Much like the get started menu, the start Monitor ends up brimming with applications I?ˉve mounted, and that i at times tidy it up. There was slightly function in receiving it the best way I wished to start out with, but yet again, starting up using a fresh new put in of Home windows XP or 7 I?ˉd be performing much the identical matter ¨C grouping apps and getting rid of references to capabilities or tools I don?ˉt plan to use.
Launching applications is not hard ample. Tap the Home windows key and start typing, once the word wheel filter shows your app, just choose and click on ¨C or hit return. You?ˉre immediately back over the desktop as well as in the applying you want to use. That?ˉs all there is certainly to it, and if you used Vista or 7?ˉs research box as your main approach of navigation you?ˉll discover the Start off Monitor slightly extra successful when you don?ˉt ought to click from the lookup box to start out getting applications or data files.
The arrival of a new Microsoft Sculpt Consolation keyboard made some operations even much easier. Even though Windows 8?ˉs Charms are merely a mouse gesture absent, acquiring them over the keyboard is far easier. 4 different Allure keys mean you can obtain to look, Share, Products and Settings while not having to go your fingers absent within the keyboard. If you?ˉre working with a Windows eight Store-style app, the keyboard also includes four keys that replicate the principle Windows 8 contact gestures. One particular handles a still left swipe application swap, though one more toggles the Snap view with the running application. Another two launch the beginning Display screen job switcher and open up the application bar.
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2013年6月3日星期一
Microsoft TechEd focuses IT pros on the 'Cloud OS'
For the kickoff of Microsoft’s annual North American TechEd conference, the
company is urging administrators and IT professionals to think of it as the
provider of the “Cloud OS.”
Microsoft announced a sweeping range of updates to its line of enterprise software, all aimed at bridging on-premises systems with cloud services offered by Microsoft and its service providers. It also announced updates to its Azure cloud service.
“If you step back and [see] what is fundamentally happening in the industry, the definition of the operating systems is changing and expanding. Its role is to provide an abstraction layer between the application and the hardware, but it has to do that at the scale of the data center or the cloud, not at the level of the individual server,” said Brad Anderson, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Windows Server and System Center, in a press conference that followed the opening keynote.
Among the new releases announced were the introductions of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, Team Foundation Server 2013, a new version of Windows Intune and SQL Server 2014. All but SQL Server 2014, which will be released early next year, will be available as preview editions by the end of the month and generally available by the end of the year.
Many of the features make these products work with Microsoft’s Azure cloud service, or a company’s in-house cloud service, more handily. For instance, Windows Server 2012 R2 can accelerate the speed of VM (virtual machine) live migration. Through the use of de-duplication technologies, the migration process can only move those bits that are unique to each VM, saving the time of copying the parts of a VM that are identical across all instances. It also uses the RDMA (remote direct memory access) protocol to further cut migration time.
Between the two technologies, VM live migration from one server to another can take only half as long as the previous methods used in Windows Server, noted Jeff Woolsey, Microsoft principal program manager, who was one of the presenters in addition to Anderson at the keynote.
Windows Server 2012 R2 also offers automated storage tiering, which will help organizations manage large amounts of data more easily, without the help of SANs (storage area networks). With this feature, the server can recognize which data is being accessed the most and move it to the fastest hard drives, such as solid state drives, to improve performance, Woolsey noted.
New cloud services
To help organizations come to terms with the idea of the Cloud OS, Microsoft plans to release the Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server. The Azure Pack includes a number of tools that will allow organizations to offer their own in-house services as cloud services, as well as bridge management of in-house resources with Azure-based resources, Anderson said. It includes a portal that users can use to manage the IT for their own projects. It also provides tools for high-density hosting of applications on a single server as well as for managing configurations of user systems.
Microsoft also announced price changes to its Azure cloud services. An announcement from Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president in the Microsoft developer division, that Microsoft would bill on a per minute granularity for usage of stock VMs was greeted with enthusiastic applause. Previously, bills were rounded up to the nearest hour. Now, if a VM only runs for six minutes the customer will be charged only for six minutes and not a full hour, Guthrie said.
Per-minute billing would save a lot of money for developers, who could do lots of short tests on Azure. Guthrie also announced a number of Azure discounts for members of the Microsoft Developer Network.
The Hyper-V Recovery Manager is another new Microsoft service. It runs as a service on Azure, though organizations can use it to manage in-house VMs. If the administration’s primary system goes down, the administrator can use the service to start copies of the VMs that reside elsewhere.
“Disaster recovery has never been this easy,” Woolsey said.
In addition to Azure, Microsoft is offering other cloud services through Intune, its Internet-based computer management service. Developed for small offices with limited IT help, Intune provides a set of automated updating and management functionality for keeping Windows-based business computers in operating order. A quiet success for Microsoft, Intune now is used by over 35,000 organizations, according to the company.
This new version of the service can now manage Android and Apple iOS devices, helping administrators work with their employees’ consumer mobile devices, a trend known as BYOD, for bring your own device. Molly Brown, principal development lead at Microsoft, showed how an employee can access internal IT resources, through a new feature called “workplace join.”
In conjunction with Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2, Intune can allow these devices to tap into internal company VPNs (virtual private networks), access data files and download enterprise apps from an app store. When the employee leaves the organization, Intune can wipe the organization data, leaving the personal data untouched.
Windows 8.1
Iain McDonald, Microsoft director of program management for Windows core, also previewed a number of new features with the Windows 8.1 update, due to be released in preview form on June 26. This version will come with a new Bluetooth peer-to-peer protocol called Miracast, which allows devices to wirelessly send video and screen images to another device, without the help of a router. Miracast would provide an easy way to show PowerPoint presentations in a conference, McDonald noted.
Windows 8.1 will also come with a new way to send documents to printers, through use of NFC (near field communication). McDonald was the unfortunate presenter this year to be plagued with the nonworking demonstration that always seems to haunt keynotes, Microsoft’s in particular: He attempted, but was unable, to show how the NFC printing would work.
But McDonald had plenty of other new Windows 8.1 features to share. It will offer the ability for other devices to tether to a Windows 8.1 device’s Internet connection. On the administration side, the live tiles on the new interface can now be locked down by administrators, which can be handy for work computers with fixed tasks. The company is preparing a Windows Embedded 8 Industry version, which will offer additional administrative capabilities for workplace usage.
With the release of this Windows 8 update, Microsoft will also provide an API (application programming interface) for third-party system and device management software providers. It will allow developers to build VPN connectivity directly into their applications, which will provide better security for sensitive enterprise applications, as well as support of virtual smart cards, also new with Windows 8.1.
Developer tools
With Visual Studio 2013, developers now can test their applications in the cloud, using the same set of configurations they might have on-premises. Visual Studio 2013 will also come with a feature called “Head’s Up Display,” according to Microsoft technical fellow Brian Harry. “Head’s Up Display” provides a set of in-line annotations for each block of code, showing when it was last modified, and by whom, if it had passed the last round of testing, and other pertinent bits of information.
Team Foundation Server 2013 will provide more information for development project managers. It will offer a collaboration space where team members can share notes. It will feature “hierarchical backlogs,” that offer detailed and summarized views of how a project is progressing, including the backlog of features, who is working on them and how the work is progressing.
Microsoft revealed a bit of acquisition news in the developer realm as well. It is acquiring InCycle Software’s InRelease business unit, which provides a way to manage developer workflows of creating new software from development to production.
Microsoft announced a sweeping range of updates to its line of enterprise software, all aimed at bridging on-premises systems with cloud services offered by Microsoft and its service providers. It also announced updates to its Azure cloud service.
“If you step back and [see] what is fundamentally happening in the industry, the definition of the operating systems is changing and expanding. Its role is to provide an abstraction layer between the application and the hardware, but it has to do that at the scale of the data center or the cloud, not at the level of the individual server,” said Brad Anderson, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Windows Server and System Center, in a press conference that followed the opening keynote.
Among the new releases announced were the introductions of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, Team Foundation Server 2013, a new version of Windows Intune and SQL Server 2014. All but SQL Server 2014, which will be released early next year, will be available as preview editions by the end of the month and generally available by the end of the year.
Many of the features make these products work with Microsoft’s Azure cloud service, or a company’s in-house cloud service, more handily. For instance, Windows Server 2012 R2 can accelerate the speed of VM (virtual machine) live migration. Through the use of de-duplication technologies, the migration process can only move those bits that are unique to each VM, saving the time of copying the parts of a VM that are identical across all instances. It also uses the RDMA (remote direct memory access) protocol to further cut migration time.
Between the two technologies, VM live migration from one server to another can take only half as long as the previous methods used in Windows Server, noted Jeff Woolsey, Microsoft principal program manager, who was one of the presenters in addition to Anderson at the keynote.
Windows Server 2012 R2 also offers automated storage tiering, which will help organizations manage large amounts of data more easily, without the help of SANs (storage area networks). With this feature, the server can recognize which data is being accessed the most and move it to the fastest hard drives, such as solid state drives, to improve performance, Woolsey noted.
New cloud services
To help organizations come to terms with the idea of the Cloud OS, Microsoft plans to release the Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server. The Azure Pack includes a number of tools that will allow organizations to offer their own in-house services as cloud services, as well as bridge management of in-house resources with Azure-based resources, Anderson said. It includes a portal that users can use to manage the IT for their own projects. It also provides tools for high-density hosting of applications on a single server as well as for managing configurations of user systems.
Microsoft also announced price changes to its Azure cloud services. An announcement from Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president in the Microsoft developer division, that Microsoft would bill on a per minute granularity for usage of stock VMs was greeted with enthusiastic applause. Previously, bills were rounded up to the nearest hour. Now, if a VM only runs for six minutes the customer will be charged only for six minutes and not a full hour, Guthrie said.
Per-minute billing would save a lot of money for developers, who could do lots of short tests on Azure. Guthrie also announced a number of Azure discounts for members of the Microsoft Developer Network.
The Hyper-V Recovery Manager is another new Microsoft service. It runs as a service on Azure, though organizations can use it to manage in-house VMs. If the administration’s primary system goes down, the administrator can use the service to start copies of the VMs that reside elsewhere.
“Disaster recovery has never been this easy,” Woolsey said.
In addition to Azure, Microsoft is offering other cloud services through Intune, its Internet-based computer management service. Developed for small offices with limited IT help, Intune provides a set of automated updating and management functionality for keeping Windows-based business computers in operating order. A quiet success for Microsoft, Intune now is used by over 35,000 organizations, according to the company.
This new version of the service can now manage Android and Apple iOS devices, helping administrators work with their employees’ consumer mobile devices, a trend known as BYOD, for bring your own device. Molly Brown, principal development lead at Microsoft, showed how an employee can access internal IT resources, through a new feature called “workplace join.”
In conjunction with Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2, Intune can allow these devices to tap into internal company VPNs (virtual private networks), access data files and download enterprise apps from an app store. When the employee leaves the organization, Intune can wipe the organization data, leaving the personal data untouched.
Windows 8.1
Iain McDonald, Microsoft director of program management for Windows core, also previewed a number of new features with the Windows 8.1 update, due to be released in preview form on June 26. This version will come with a new Bluetooth peer-to-peer protocol called Miracast, which allows devices to wirelessly send video and screen images to another device, without the help of a router. Miracast would provide an easy way to show PowerPoint presentations in a conference, McDonald noted.
Windows 8.1 will also come with a new way to send documents to printers, through use of NFC (near field communication). McDonald was the unfortunate presenter this year to be plagued with the nonworking demonstration that always seems to haunt keynotes, Microsoft’s in particular: He attempted, but was unable, to show how the NFC printing would work.
But McDonald had plenty of other new Windows 8.1 features to share. It will offer the ability for other devices to tether to a Windows 8.1 device’s Internet connection. On the administration side, the live tiles on the new interface can now be locked down by administrators, which can be handy for work computers with fixed tasks. The company is preparing a Windows Embedded 8 Industry version, which will offer additional administrative capabilities for workplace usage.
With the release of this Windows 8 update, Microsoft will also provide an API (application programming interface) for third-party system and device management software providers. It will allow developers to build VPN connectivity directly into their applications, which will provide better security for sensitive enterprise applications, as well as support of virtual smart cards, also new with Windows 8.1.
Developer tools
With Visual Studio 2013, developers now can test their applications in the cloud, using the same set of configurations they might have on-premises. Visual Studio 2013 will also come with a feature called “Head’s Up Display,” according to Microsoft technical fellow Brian Harry. “Head’s Up Display” provides a set of in-line annotations for each block of code, showing when it was last modified, and by whom, if it had passed the last round of testing, and other pertinent bits of information.
Team Foundation Server 2013 will provide more information for development project managers. It will offer a collaboration space where team members can share notes. It will feature “hierarchical backlogs,” that offer detailed and summarized views of how a project is progressing, including the backlog of features, who is working on them and how the work is progressing.
Microsoft revealed a bit of acquisition news in the developer realm as well. It is acquiring InCycle Software’s InRelease business unit, which provides a way to manage developer workflows of creating new software from development to production.
Computer current market is, to place it mildly
Despite the fact that Internet Applications refers to its month to month
quantities as “market share reviews,” they truly stand for utilization share,
which is not the same as market place share. Sector share actions gross sales
and/or shipments inside of a provided time period. It’s a snapshot on the buying
decisions persons make in competitive markets.
Utilization share actions the behavior with the installed foundation. While in the experienced Pc industry, which is composed of roughly 1.5 billion desktop and transportable PCs, newcomers have an uphill struggle to even get to the board. Measuring usage share presents an indirect measure of revenue, but it normally takes work to tease out the larger sized traits.
Home windows eight is bit by bit but steadily expanding its share of utilization around the globe. In Might, based on the NetMarketShare statistics, Home windows 8 utilization elevated from three.8 p.c to 4.3 per cent. That pace has remained about the identical because February, the 1st whole month right after Microsoft’s discounted update present ended. Due to the fact then, NetMarketShare suggests Windows 8 usage has elevated by an average of about 0.5 per cent per month.
Windows seven advancement stopped on a dime while using the launch of Windows 8. In October 2012, Home windows 7 usage was at forty four.7 %. In May, 7 months afterwards, it is up an inconsequential volume, to 44.8 %. Earlier this calendar year I named Windows seven the “Long-Term Support edition of Home windows.” I predict it will remain preferred, especially in enterprises, for several years to come.
Home windows Vista and Home windows XP are declining slowly and gradually. Collectively, these two versions shared about 46.5 p.c of your around the world usage share in Oct of final year, in advance of Home windows 8 released. Seven months afterwards, they stand for forty two.two per cent. That provides around a four.three percent drop, which just takes place to match the share of Home windows 8 properly.
Home windows customers are not deserting the system for OS X and Linux. Previous Oct, OS X and Linux use extra as many as 8.3 %. Seven months immediately after the launch of Windows 8, the blended share hasn't budged which is even now at eight.3 %.
Desktop browser use shares (which are not as intently tied to new Pc buys) have also remained generally unchanged in recent months. For Could, NetMarketShare stories that Web Explorer held a fifty six % share, as opposed to twenty.six per cent for Firefox and fifteen.7 percent for Chrome. In contrast to previous Oct, that’s a slight good change for Online Explorer, which was at 54.1 per cent, and for Firefox, which enhanced from a fair 20 p.c. NetMarketShare studies a recognizable drop in globally utilization for Chrome, which had been at eighteen.6 per cent.
Are this month’s figures good news or undesirable information for Microsoft? Neither, definitely. The original bump from early adopters and lovers occurred while in the to start with a few months after the start of Windows 8, when Microsoft made available a drastically discounted up grade to Home windows eight Pro.
Almost all people who intended to improve to Home windows 8 has already done so. That leaves the substitution Computer market. Roughly 650 million men and women who have Windows 7 PCs which are a few a long time old or more recent don't have any options to vary their components or program any time before long. People who are replacing more mature PCs are, usually, purchasing new devices with Windows eight preinstalled, whilst they are grumbling a tiny bit over usual.
Heading forward, the destiny of Windows eight is tied to income of latest components, including equally standard PCs and new cell products like tablets, hybrids, and Ultrabooks.
The traditional Computer current market is, to place it mildly, not executing perfectly. While in the to start with quarter of this calendar year, Computer system gross sales dropped by fourteen % in contrast for the similar interval previous year. People are still getting PCs, but they are keeping on to them lengthier and progressively choosing smartphones, tablets, and also other cell gadgets to handle computing responsibilities they utilized to complete along with the Computer.
Microsoft designed Home windows eight to ensure it could electricity people nontraditional mobile equipment, calculating that it could make up for your decrease in traditional Pc product sales with shipments of recent Home windows 8-powered devices in the pill group. But touch-enabled Home windows laptops and tablets are merely starting to show up on the market, plus they nevertheless make up fewer than 30 per cent of Home windows PCs on the current market.
All that could change later this calendar year. The following wave of Windows 8 equipment is going to be produced up of smaller tablets similar to the Acer Iconia W3-810, which sports activities an eight.1-inch display screen. Windows 8 was built with 10-inch screens in your mind, having a potent bias in favor of landscape orientation. Windows eight.1 specifically supports lower resolutions and substitute component ratios. Additionally, it would make other improvements to your conduct of applications that should help it become a very good range for all those mini-tablets.
If all those gadgets are priced suitable, they could certainly be a significant achievements. Inside the meantime, nothing is likely to change future month, or even the thirty day period after that.
Utilization share actions the behavior with the installed foundation. While in the experienced Pc industry, which is composed of roughly 1.5 billion desktop and transportable PCs, newcomers have an uphill struggle to even get to the board. Measuring usage share presents an indirect measure of revenue, but it normally takes work to tease out the larger sized traits.
Home windows eight is bit by bit but steadily expanding its share of utilization around the globe. In Might, based on the NetMarketShare statistics, Home windows 8 utilization elevated from three.8 p.c to 4.3 per cent. That pace has remained about the identical because February, the 1st whole month right after Microsoft’s discounted update present ended. Due to the fact then, NetMarketShare suggests Windows 8 usage has elevated by an average of about 0.5 per cent per month.
Windows seven advancement stopped on a dime while using the launch of Windows 8. In October 2012, Home windows 7 usage was at forty four.7 %. In May, 7 months afterwards, it is up an inconsequential volume, to 44.8 %. Earlier this calendar year I named Windows seven the “Long-Term Support edition of Home windows.” I predict it will remain preferred, especially in enterprises, for several years to come.
Home windows Vista and Home windows XP are declining slowly and gradually. Collectively, these two versions shared about 46.5 p.c of your around the world usage share in Oct of final year, in advance of Home windows 8 released. Seven months afterwards, they stand for forty two.two per cent. That provides around a four.three percent drop, which just takes place to match the share of Home windows 8 properly.
Home windows customers are not deserting the system for OS X and Linux. Previous Oct, OS X and Linux use extra as many as 8.3 %. Seven months immediately after the launch of Windows 8, the blended share hasn't budged which is even now at eight.3 %.
Desktop browser use shares (which are not as intently tied to new Pc buys) have also remained generally unchanged in recent months. For Could, NetMarketShare stories that Web Explorer held a fifty six % share, as opposed to twenty.six per cent for Firefox and fifteen.7 percent for Chrome. In contrast to previous Oct, that’s a slight good change for Online Explorer, which was at 54.1 per cent, and for Firefox, which enhanced from a fair 20 p.c. NetMarketShare studies a recognizable drop in globally utilization for Chrome, which had been at eighteen.6 per cent.
Are this month’s figures good news or undesirable information for Microsoft? Neither, definitely. The original bump from early adopters and lovers occurred while in the to start with a few months after the start of Windows 8, when Microsoft made available a drastically discounted up grade to Home windows eight Pro.
Almost all people who intended to improve to Home windows 8 has already done so. That leaves the substitution Computer market. Roughly 650 million men and women who have Windows 7 PCs which are a few a long time old or more recent don't have any options to vary their components or program any time before long. People who are replacing more mature PCs are, usually, purchasing new devices with Windows eight preinstalled, whilst they are grumbling a tiny bit over usual.
Heading forward, the destiny of Windows eight is tied to income of latest components, including equally standard PCs and new cell products like tablets, hybrids, and Ultrabooks.
The traditional Computer current market is, to place it mildly, not executing perfectly. While in the to start with quarter of this calendar year, Computer system gross sales dropped by fourteen % in contrast for the similar interval previous year. People are still getting PCs, but they are keeping on to them lengthier and progressively choosing smartphones, tablets, and also other cell gadgets to handle computing responsibilities they utilized to complete along with the Computer.
Microsoft designed Home windows eight to ensure it could electricity people nontraditional mobile equipment, calculating that it could make up for your decrease in traditional Pc product sales with shipments of recent Home windows 8-powered devices in the pill group. But touch-enabled Home windows laptops and tablets are merely starting to show up on the market, plus they nevertheless make up fewer than 30 per cent of Home windows PCs on the current market.
All that could change later this calendar year. The following wave of Windows 8 equipment is going to be produced up of smaller tablets similar to the Acer Iconia W3-810, which sports activities an eight.1-inch display screen. Windows 8 was built with 10-inch screens in your mind, having a potent bias in favor of landscape orientation. Windows eight.1 specifically supports lower resolutions and substitute component ratios. Additionally, it would make other improvements to your conduct of applications that should help it become a very good range for all those mini-tablets.
If all those gadgets are priced suitable, they could certainly be a significant achievements. Inside the meantime, nothing is likely to change future month, or even the thirty day period after that.
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